Amiri Baraka, the militant man of letters and tireless agitator whose blues-based, fist-shaking poems, plays and criticism made him a provocative and groundbreaking force in American culture, has died. He was 79.
RIP Amiri Baraka, 1934-2014. About these ads. Share this: Like this: Like Loading. One Comment to “RIP Amiri Baraka”. lula avila · January 9, 2014 at 6:25 pm. Rest in peace Amiri :(. Reply. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
As national media attention focused on New Jersey on Thursday over the current governor's controversy, the subject of a bygone New Jersey controversy-turned-national story has died. Poet, author, and activist Amiri Baraka,
The first thing that strikes many about Amiri Baraka's poetry, most especially his later works, is that it carried the sharp tone of an oppressed, angry people. It wasn't flowery prose full of lofty life affirmations. It was the product of the
Writer, activist and former poet laureate of New Jersey, Amiri Baraka has died at the age of 79. Baraka, born Everett LeRoi Jones in Newark, NJ, was a playwright, poet, critic and activist, and is considered to be one of the most